Left-Handed Scissoring

[e.j.]

Since during most of school, the parents provider the scissors, they can always buy lefties. Should he ever work in a setting that requires regular cutting, I'm sure he can either ask the supply clerk to order lefties or buy some himself.

The writers logic makes no sense to me. It's a pair of scissors. 5 bucks, maybe?

I don't know if the article only referred to lefties learning how to use their right hand for scissors or if it mentioned other things as well, but I can definitely agree with lefties "learning" how to use their right hand for certain things......... If my kids were to have been born as lefties, I would have taught them how to use their right hands for certain things. Not because using their left hand was "wrong" but to make their lives easier in the future.

Here's the link to the article I read. http://voices.yahoo.com/3-things-mus...72.html?cat=25 The writer is a lefty so I figured she must know what she's talking about. I guess I was thinking it was logical because you don't always carry scissors around with you. If you needed them unexpectedly, you could use whatever scissors were available - which, most likely, would be righty scissors. How often does that happen, though, right?

Mamac, I think you made the same point the author was trying to make. I never gave any thought to how many things were made to be used with the right hand vs. left until I read the article and your post!

[e.j.]

http://www.iampeth.com/lefties_01.php

Is a good one, it's about the cross letters, mainly. My ds is now 5 and writes really well. He forms letters that need to be crossed backwards (so for A he starts on the right side, pulls it up and down toward his left hand and then crosses it right to left)

Thanks for the links. I'll check them out. So far, he's able to write his name but not much else. I thought it was just lack of interest but now I wonder if writing letters is more difficult for him since I've been teaching the kids how to write their letters as a right handed person would.

[daycarediva]

It may be because it's harder, paper positioning is different, and when you think about it, try crossing letters from R to L, not as 'easy'. My ds knows a ton of the prek dolch sight words, but he can only write his first and last name well. The less practiced letters still throw him, and there aren't many 'difficult' letters in his short first and last name (he just turned 5).